King Tut Exhibit Could Prove to Be Gold Mine

Reuters ^ | Fri, Dec 03, 2004 | Jill Serjeant

[SunkenCiv]

Okay, okay, you win. :')

Thanks also for the reminder, I've gotta ping the list now that I'm back home.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks, uh, me, for posting this topic. ;') Have a good week, everyone.

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[Miss Marple]

Thanks for the ping. I hope this is scheduled or a city near me.

[Phsstpok]

Winning, losing, such archaic concepts ;^>

But the part of my philosophy that applies best to your ping list is summed up in the motto of my favorite bar, The Adventurers Club (think Indiana Jones favorite hang out, but the people who work there are from Monty Python).

"When you don't know where you are, but you don't care, you're not lost, you're exploring!"

[Domestic Church]

NPR had a report on this...apparently Egypt expects to milk each city for $10 million.

[ckilmer]

"When you don't know where you are, but you don't care, you're not lost, you're exploring!"

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the way I heard it was that if you don't know where you're going--any direction will get you there.

[FairOpinion]

LACMA is a Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

I live in LA. It's close for me. But for you the trip may cost as much, as if you went to see it in the Cairo Museum -- and you would see a lot more.

Of course with all the unrest around the world, this is probably not the best time to go there.

[FairOpinion]

Egypt just needs money. They had a similary tour back some years ago, as others mentioned.

I think their tourism is down, because of the situation in the Middle East, and their major industry IS tourism, so this is a way to make up some of their lost revenue.

Plus I am sure it makes Zahi Hawass feel even more important.

[nopardons]

Oh great....thanks for the info.I saw the last tour,when it was in Chicago.

[nopardons]

So go see it this time around! Chicago isn't THAT far away from you,you know. :-)

[stockpirate]

I got to see the 1970 exhibit in DC, and it was breath taking!

[dennisw]

[SunkenCiv]

Unrest? In Egypt? No way... ;')

Attack on tourists in Egypt leaves 71 dead
Shootings 'won't be the last,' militants say
November 18, 1997
Web posted at: 5:23 a.m. EDT (0523 GMT)http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9711/18/egypt.attack.on/

Insight: The Death of Innocents: The Luxor Massacre
Volume 51 Number 2, March/April 1998
by James Wiseman
http://www.archaeology.org/9803/abstracts/insight.html

Massacre In Luxor: Islamic Schools to Blame, 
Says Egyptian Editor
Institute for the Secularisation of Islamic Society (ISIS)
http://www.isisforum.com/news/massacre.htm

[AggieMom x 3]

My daughters and I went to Egypt in 2000 and saw the entire Tut exhibit in the Cairo museum. If it comes anywhere near Dallas we will go see it again. Our trip was great but it was a little unnerving to have to be accompanied by military armed guards everywhere we went. I would be very hesitant to go back post 9/11.

[SunkenCiv]

This topic is from 2004.

Okay, I saw it on the 26th. The show ends on the 1st (probably inclusive?). It was pretty jammed, but I'd not been to the Field since I was a kid, and that right there meant it would be enjoyable. Lotta stuff in the regular collection, cool old building, and surprisingly good food available (also McDumbass and vending machines). Coat check is by the usual main entrance, Tut entrace is on the east (Lake Mich) end.

We sprang for the headsets. There are only 20 or so entries for the show, but at least two had additional narration available at a touch of the green button. That was nice, because (due to crowds) much of the show involved standing. Omar Sharif narrates, and there are various high-tech aspects to the show (such as the simulation of Tut's coffins and remains).

And everywhere, the glint of gold. :')

The gift shop has DVDs of a presentation of the artifacts in the exhibition, and that is also narrated by Omar Sharif. That's about $30. Didn't see it, but did get it as a gift, may see it later. I don't see it offered on the website.

Anyway, I was jazzed by it. The organization of the exhibition is sort of chronological, with older ancestors from (or contemporary with) the 18th Dynasty being well represented in the form of tomb artifacts, including everyday objects, shabtis, and gold doodads etc. Only in the last room is it Tut and all Tut (if memory serves).

I was especially thrilled by the chunk of ballustrade from Amarna, showing the Aten, its rays ending in little hands, I think it was this one.

Contrary to what I'd read when the show opened months ago, this is well worth seeing. The crowds were something else, but A) Chicago is a big town, and B) the show is about to move cities, so business has picked up. If you get a shot, go -- just make sure you schedule it for a time midway through the schedule, it will be more enjoyable.

[SunkenCiv]

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